What art class do you want to take?

Studio Art.

Studio art is an introduction to the diffrent types of art. Including diffrent forms of painting, drawing, print making, design, sculpture, and ceramics. Taking a class on studio art offers you to become familiar with diffrent media and styles

Drawing classes are for people who feel comfortable with there skill and wants to enhance there ability. In these classes the students become familiar with diffrent techniques such as graphite, marker pen, charcoal, colored pencil, and mixed media.

 Untensils

pencils (for darker shades get "b" which stands for bold. For lighter shades get "h" Which stands for hard.), Gum eraser (any erasers works, but gum erasers work best.), Charcoal, Colored Pencils, Pencil Washes (Use on dry paper, then add water for a washed effect.), Charcoal Pencil (there is a diffrence between Charcoal and a Charcoal pencil.), Woodless Graphite, Pens, Sharpies

Techniques

Gesture Drawing , Ink drawing, Sketching, Shading, Abstract drawing, Pastel Drawing, Fashion Drawing, Drawing theory, Technical Drawing

http://www.drawingcoach.com/drawing-techniques.html

Tips

http://www.content4reprint.com/arts/pencil-portrait-drawing-tips-on-the-nose.htm

Shape -  When Drawing a picture you pay attention to every detail. Start off by looking at the diffrent shapes in that picture. For example, In a nose you should see spheres and cylinders. And make sure you first find the perfect light placing.

Planes -  Planes and protrusions all have a certain angle with respect to each other. It is important to judge these angles correctly to obtain a good likeness. Also, squint your eyes to determine the type of shadow you are dealing with (hard edge, halftone, soft edge, highlight, or reflected light).

Darkest Area - Always find the darkest area first. These areas are always cast shadows and therefore very dark. Remember that cast shadows become lighter as they approach the light source. Also, the edges of cast shadows are the sharpest near the object that throws the cast shadow. The edges get softer as they approach the light source.

Reflected Light - Showing reflected light is very important to model three-dimensionality. In general, any surface that has a lip or a rim will show reflected light. Reflected light is also found where you have a shadow edge. A shadow edge is an area that is receding from the light source and usually turns into a cast shadow. In between this shadow edge and the cast shadow you will find a thin layer of reflected light.

Blending - As always, blending should proceed from the darker areas towards the lighter areas and should be done parallel to the edges of the areas and always follow the natural flow of the subject. This will promote the illusion of depth and form and therefore realism.

Size - Although everyone and everything is diffrent, pay attention to the average size and placement to get an average idea about the subject your drawing.

Flow - Always make sure that you picture flows together.

Drawings and the Artist.

Leonardo Da Vinci         Claude Monet          Pablo Picasso       Vincent Van Gogh

Getting Started

http://www.portrait-artist.org/basics/newbie.html

Jewelry is a type of class where students design and create their own jewelry. Usually natural, found-object, acrylic, enamled, and metal jewelry are the most common

Utensils

wire (tiger wire is recommended), beads, clasps, cramp beads, needle nose pliers

Techniques

macramé, cannetille, repousee, granulation, wig jig, coiling gizmo

Tips

http://www.life123.com/hobbies/jewelry-making/making-jewelry/making-jewelry-tips-for-beginners.shtml

Learning a few simple jewelry making instructions and tips will have you making unique pieces and accessories in no time. Making jewelry is fast becoming the home-based business choice for many crafters. But you don’t have to sell your wares to take up jewelry making as a hobby. Beaded, resin and wire jewelry techniques are accessible to beginners and offer intermediate and advanced jewelry makers hundreds of options to take their creative vision to the next level. Whether you’re looking to design pieces for your own enjoyment, give as gifts or yes, start your own business, the following tips will help you get started.

Choose a Medium
You probably already have a good idea of what jewelry medium interests you, whether that’s beading, wire or crochet jewelry. The next step is determining pieces you’d like to make. Are you interested in making bracelets, making necklaces or making earrings? What about pendants or broaches?

Start from a place of interest and let that be your guide. Think about the jewelry you wear, admire on others and are drawn to in photographs or when you’re shopping. Collect images that inspire you when it comes to shape, color and design and keep them in a notebook or binder to refer to as you begin to work.

Look for books or Web sites that focus on the medium and/or techniques that interest you. Many jewelry making Web sites offer jewelry making tips and tutorials for beginners as well as beginner jewelry making kits so you can try your new hobby on for size.

Jewelry and the Designers

Ajediam                     Gucci           Christian Dior

Getting Started

http://www.ehow.com/how_13439_make-jewelry.html

In a class like this you learn the fundamentals of sculpting. Which includes various media mechanics and techniques. You usually explore polystyrene, wire, paper mache, and paper. With these skill's you can make a vase for your mom or a mug for your dad.

Utensils

Magnifying glass (recommended,) sketch pad, and pencils, small vise or bottle corks, small hand tools (including awls and tiny screwdrivers,) sand paper, wire, childrens dough, paint brushes, paint

Techniques

Ceramics.

For thousands of years clay has been used for a lot of artistic and utilitarian projects. Ceramic classes teach diffrent pottery and ceramics. Most of the time these classes use a potters wheel and hand building experiances. You will learn several diffrent techniques, and will become pro before the end of the class.

Animation.

Painting.

Many students who want to enhance there artistic abilitys take multiple painting classes. These classes are usually conducted in a studio area, and they use diffrent types of paints, such as acrylic, oil, watercolor, and sometimes airbrushing.

Painting Untesils

Paintbrushes (diffrent sizes and shapes.), paint (you can choose any kind, but the most popular are: oil, acrylic, and water color), a cup of water, and a washcloth

Techniques

Art Schools.

Cornish College of the Arts

Located in Seattle, Washington

Known for being on of the only three privite, nonprofit performing and visual art colleges, Cornish College of the Arts offers a blend of visual and performing arts, grounded in a core cirricullum od sciences and humanities. Cornish is a four- year college offering a Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, including art, dance, design, theatre, and performing production. They strongly incourage kids to exchange ideas, and to experiment. There goal is to find their unique artisitc voices and share them with there staff in both innovative and traditional ways. Cornish is a small college only carrying 800 students in degree programs, and 150 in preparatory classes.

website: http://www.cornish.edu/

Laguna College of Arts and Design

Located in Laguna Beach, California

"Southern California has a certain laidback charm, but make no mistake about it: it’s also the epicenter of a creative industry. Where else can you find image trendsetters in surf culture, leading video game producers, major film and animation studios, and cutting-edge design firms?Immerse yourself in this existence. Surf at dawn, spend your morning in a class where you challenge your understanding of composition and perspective, intern with Paul Frank, Blizzard, or the Cartoon Network in the afternoon, and attend a gallery walk in the evening."

website: http://www.lagunacollege.edu/life.php

Otis College of Art and Design

Located in Los Angeles, California

Otis College of Art and Design prepares diverse students of art and design to enrich the world through their vision, creativity, and skill. Having 1,200 full time students, the school tries there best to enhance there ability and skill, and those students are awarded accredited BFA degrees in advertising, achitecture/landscape/interiors, didgital media, fashion design, illustraition, interactive product design, painting, photography, sculpture/ new genres and toy design; and MFA degrees in fine arts, graphic design, public practice, and writing. Continuing Education offers certificate programs as well as personal and professional development courses.

website: http://www.otis.edu/

Academy Of Art University

Located in San Fransisco, California

Established in 1929, and known as the worlds largest accredited private art school, Academy of Art University, it's the epicenter of culture and technology. Academy of Art University offer an art school experiance like no other. There professional instructers help students develop a unique combination of artistic ability and business savvy. Students graduate with the knowledge and professional dedication to succeed in doing what they love.

website: http://www.academyart.edu/

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.

Located in Old Lyme, Connecticut

Founded in 1976, the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts is an intimate artistic community that attracts people who are fully engaged in art,  and who also want to be around people who love to draw, paint, and sculpt. Most of the work is conducted in studios, as well as around the community, which facilitates an academy based teaching philosophy that is unique amongst art colleges.

website: http://www.lymeacademy.edu/